SOCI 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, Social Class, Harriet Martineau
5 Nov 2017
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Way of knowing or thinking about actions/interactions of humans in groups (2-2 million) - large or small. Anytime you study sociology you look at variety of people, groups, religions. Through direct experiences we know the world in particular way/how we think about it. Filmmakers (documentaries/fictionalized tales) - wolf of wall street, the help, an. To know the world in religion is based on faith not science. All above forms are partial - somewhat limited forms. Direct experience of capitalism of someone who has been laid off may have different version of. Founded on the principle that we have to move beyond limited interpretations in order to understand society. We must go beyond one person"s direct experience. Sociological thinking different than other forms - goes beyond limited ways of knowing the social world. Main mechanism - contextualizing - by putting in context life and events. Ex. direct experience - on welfare, lazy, no intention of working.
